At the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from November 18 to 19, 2024, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced key investments to strengthen partnerships with other G20 member countries and promote our shared priorities, with a focus on advancing the safety and security of communities, fighting climate change, protecting people’s health, and empowering women and girls.
Advancing safety and security
AIRCOP Phase II ‒ Strengthening the Capacities of International Airports in Latin America and the Caribbean
Funding: $4,700,000 over three years (2024-27)
Description: The Airport Communication Programme (AIRCOP), implemented through a partnership between the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the World Customs Organization, and the International Criminal Police Organization, seeks to enhance the capacities of international airports in Latin America and the Caribbean to identify and stop high-risk passengers, cargo, and mail, to support the fight against illicit drugs and other illegal goods.
Strengthening Competencies to Support Sustainable Nuclear Security
Funding: $4,502,538 over three years (2024-27)
Description: This three-year project from the World Institute for Nuclear Security, an international non-governmental organization, aims to promote sustainable nuclear security practices and improve the skills of nuclear security professionals in Latin America, South Africa, and South-East Asia. The project offers scholarships for certification in nuclear and radiological security to women and gender-diverse people working or studying in fields connected to nuclear security, as well as experts, operators, and regulators from low-resource countries.
DISRUPTION ‒ Addressing Human Trafficking and Illicit Money Laundering by Organized Crime Groups
Funding: $4,000,000 over four years (2024-28)
Description: Implemented by the UNODC, this initiative helps reduce threats posed by organized crime groups that launder illicit proceeds from human trafficking, particularly from the exploitation of women and girls. It supports improved collaboration and co-ordination among key groups working to fight human trafficking and related money laundering in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
Combating Human Trafficking, Corruption, and Money Laundering in Colombia, Panama, and Peru
Funding: $4,000,000 over four years (2024-28)
Description: This initiative with the UNODC is strengthening the capacity of law enforcement officials in Colombia, Panama, and Peru to detect, investigate, and prosecute cases of human trafficking linked to illicit money laundering and other associated crimes. It will enhance regional co-operation and strengthen public-private partnerships among financial intelligence officials to combat and prevent these crimes.
Supporting the Prevention of Drug Trafficking to Canada
Funding: $3,600,000 over three years (2024-27)
Description: Implemented by the Organization of American States (OAS), this project aims to strengthen the institutional capacity of select beneficiary countries – Colombia, Peru, Jamaica, Kenya, and South Africa – to prevent the flow of illicit drugs into Canada and other countries. It will support the fight against drug trafficking through a gender-sensitive and human rights-based approach, focusing on the intersectional ways in which men and women are exploited as international drug couriers.
Crowded Spaces and Soft Targets ‒ Enhancing Regional Preparedness and Resilience Practices in Latin America and the Caribbean
Funding: $3,000,000 over three years (2024-27)
Description: Implemented by the OAS in partnership with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, this project aims to improve the capacity of 30 OAS members to respond to threats posed by terrorists and organized criminal groups. It focuses on strengthening regional preparedness and resilience to protect vulnerable targets in crowded spaces, including during major events and at popular tourist destinations.
Fighting climate change, reversing biodiversity loss, and protecting people’s health
United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund for the Brazilian Legal Amazon
Funding: $13,000,000 over two years (2024-26)
Description: This project from the United Nations Development Program aims to foster sustainable development in the Brazilian Legal Amazon by improving environmental governance, reducing illegal activities, and generating sustainable economic alternatives, as well as supporting gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Biodiversity for Resilient Ecosystems in Agricultural Landscapes (B-REAL)
Funding: $9,500,000 over two years (2024-26)
Description: In partnership with CGIAR, a global research partnership on food security, this project aims to conserve and restore biodiversity in intensively farmed and climate-stressed regions in Kenya, Peru, and Colombia. By working with land managers and farmers, the project seeks to conserve or sustainably manage 40,000 hectares of land, plant 100,000 native trees, and conserve up to 30 threatened native species through community seed banks and tree nurseries. It is part of Canada’s International Biodiversity Program, which aims to advance conservation efforts and support developing countries in implementing the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted at COP15 in 2022. The project also responds to the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils, which is part of the G7’s Apulia Food Systems Initiative endorsed in June 2024.
Standing Together for Nutrition – Phase II
Funding: $1,900,000 over three years (2024-27)
Description: In partnership with the Micronutrient Forum, this initiative aims to encourage more countries to adopt policies and measures that help address the impacts of climate change on nutrition. It also proposes to fill global knowledge gaps to provide a much-needed understanding of the impact of climate change on anemia, stunting, wasting, and other micronutrient deficiencies.
Global Nutrition Report – Phase II
Funding: $1,000,000 over three years (2024-27)
Description: This funding will support Phase II of the Global Nutrition Report hosted by PATH, a non-profit global health organization, to provide the best data, in-depth analysis, and expert opinion to help drive action on nutrition. Through a series of reports and tracking of national nutrition commitments, the project aims to increase accountability and drive progress in tackling poor diets and malnutrition globally.
Empowering women and girls
Harmonie ‒ Health and the Exercise of Health Rights by Indigenous Women and Adolescent Girls
Funding: $9,500,000 over four years (2025-29)
Description: Led by Santé Monde, a Canadian non-governmental organization, this project aims to address community and health system barriers that undermine the health and rights of Indigenous girls and women in Bolivia, Guatemala, and Peru. The project will help implement and scale-up innovative and best-practice-based activities to address these inequalities, improve the delivery of culturally sensitive health services and comprehensive sexuality education programs, and build the capacity of health care providers to deliver quality health services.
Increasing Prevention and Defence of Human Rights for Women and Girls in Latin American Countries
Funding: $5,000,000 over six years (2023-29)
Description: This initiative from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights helps member states meet their responsibilities to prevent and address discrimination, inequality, and violence against women and girls in Latin America by raising awareness among states and other key stakeholders on these issues. It also aims to improve the capacity of states to prevent women’s rights violations and provides support to implement a gender approach in judicial processes.
Women as Biodiversity and Climate-Resilience Guardians in Wetland and Peatland Landscapes
Funding: $4,850,000 over five years (2024-29)
Description: This project led by Canadian consulting firm Alinea International aims to empower women, including Indigenous women, to protect highland wetland and peatland ecosystems and strengthen climate resilience in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. The project provides training, delivers technical support, and helps raise awareness, with the objective of enhancing the capacity of women to lead conservation efforts and participate in land and water resource management. It works to create the right conditions for women to participate in community and regional decision-making related to the conservation of ecosystems. The project will support seven communities living in and around three internationally protected sites (Ramsar Sites).